Ba Maw Sister Yi School Group was founded in the winter of 199 1. In order to complete a project of the National Social Science Youth Fund, Qu Budi returned to Liangshan from Beijing for field investigation. One night, her father told her, "You three sisters have studied for so many years. Now what should you do for us Yi people together?" In this way, at his father's suggestion, Qu Buyi began to draft the Articles of Association of the Ba Maw Sisters and Yi People's Learning Group that night, and then applied to the State Cultural Bureau for affiliation and the State Civil Affairs Bureau for registration, which was quickly approved by the relevant departments.
"Ba Maw Sister Yi School Group" was formally established in Liangshan, my hometown. From 1992 to 1998, they conducted a "special field survey of Liangshan Yi folk culture" and collected a large number of first-hand materials of Yi folk culture, which laid a good foundation for research. The first academic work completed by the three sisters was Yi People's Custom Records, which was later included in China Folk Library.
Ayi and Qubu mostly choose winter for their field work. Because it was the slack season, there were many traditional sacrificial activities in Yi villages, which made it easy for tourists to follow. Because of the cold weather, they spend most of their time around the fireplace to keep warm and chat with the villagers. Due to the influence of fire smoke and charcoal ash, their faces have also been baked into a special skin color. Once, when they returned to their home in Xichang, their mother saw their two daughters and immediately cried and scolded their father: "What do you think of your two daughters?" Other people's daughters are busy going abroad, but your daughter is busy running in the countryside, trying to pick out those poor places. It's all you! You made them do it all day! In fact, the daughters knew that what their mother said was angry words, so they thought of a way to make her laugh and said, "We are following the' domestic revolutionary line'. As long as we can make our own achievements, foreign academic institutions will naturally invite us to visit or give lectures abroad. Isn't that better than going out to work and wash dishes now to earn tuition? "
In the project plan of the group, Usaga shared topics such as cultural changes and helped develop the original music of the Yi people. Yi Nationality Village in Beijing Chinese National Park was also designed by Ba Maw Sister Yi School Group. The Yi School launched the first original music group of China ethnic minorities in China, "Shan Ying"; Then it introduces "Hei Hu" (the predecessor of "Yi Man-made"). In addition, the Ba Mo Sister Yi Research Group also published Yi folk music classics.